WAUKEGAN, Ill. (AP) — The nation’s unique Electoral College system for electing a president, which replaces the popular vote, puts disproportionate voting power in the hands of a relative few states. It also ensures that the majority of campaign dollars — and attention from the presidential candidates — goes to those states. The lack of attention leaves voters in much of the country feeling as if they and the issues they care about have been sidelined. An Associated Press analysis shows that three-quarters of the more than 200 presidential campaign stops so far have been to the seven battleground states and that they have been concentrated in counties with 22.7 million registered voters. That’s just 10% of all voters registered nationally for this year’s presidential election.
